The superb and superior sequel to the godfather of all open-ended RPG's
User Rating: 9.3 | Fallout 2 PC
In Fallout 2, we find ourselves back in the Fallout universe... A post-apocalyptic America that was based on applying nuclear winter to the "World of Tomorrow" as envisioned in the 1950's by popular culture then. In this game there are tons of things to do, and dozens of ways to deviate from the story. The story is this: you're the choses one of a group of tribals in the wasteland, and you are given a holy quest to go find the GECK (Garden of Eden Creation Kit) and replenish the land your tribe lives on so that they can survive. However, I've played through this game about 9 times but only once finished it. It's just so much fun to customize your character... The Character Development system is peerless, second to none... The perks and Karma systems are great, as are the tags. Wanna be an unarmed combat specialist? Big guns? Sneak around and steal from people? Pick locks and disarm traps? Be medically trained, or able to repair complicated machinery? All these things are just some of the skills you can choose from. I won't even get into the perks. It'll just blow your mind right out the back of your skull. But among the things you can do (or not do) are become a slave trader, drug dealer/addict, get various friends in your party, save towns from droughts, reconcile farmers with underground dwellers, get married, become a porn star, become a boxer, become a kung fu legend, become citizen of Vault City, etc. It's amazing everything you can do in this game. Give it a try, you'll like it if you like RPG's. I can pretty much guarantee that. 
